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"I don't have to be wrong in order for you to be right" was Imam Khalid Latif's opening statement to a group of Muslim and Jewish college students at a recent dinner in Birmingham. The dinner, held at the Levite Jewish Community Center, also was attended by young adults who are participating in The Birmingham Jewish Federation's You Belong in Birmingham program.The students, who attend New York University, came to Birmingham to help with Alabama's tornado recovery. They were here on an alternative break trip through New York University and the Jewish Disaster...

The students from Bridges: Muslim Jewish Interfaith Dialogue at NYU, www.bridges.bronfmancenter.org, partnered with the New York-based Jewish Disaster Response Corps (JDRC) to participate in rebuilding efforts working with Habitat for Humanity. Accompanying the students were Imam Khalid Latif and Rabbi Yehuda Sarna. The trip to Birmingham was Bridges’ service initiative as part of President Obama’s Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge.Following any disaster, survivors depend on voluntary and faith-based organizations to assist in recovery efforts....

"Muslim students at NYU should be watched but not for the same reason that the AP reported. Muslim students at NYU should be watched because of the incredible work that they've done," said Rabbi Yehuda Sharna of the NYU Bronfman Center. Read more.

(excerpted)What can you tell me about the process of approaching the [NYU] Bronfman Center for funding?They have an emerging Jewish artist fellowship and I applied for that and got accepted. It meets every other Wednesday. We talk about what it means to be an artist and what our challenges are with our project ... One of the producers, Jake Holm, grew up in Manhattan. He's one of the main producers who is Jewish; he's been a vital part of helping me get to know people in the Jewish community.So it was through him that you found out about the grant?Yes.Was it strange for...

 "With a persistently unpredictable job market, it is no shock that many students see a bleak future for their professional careers. But while some have chosen to protest, others are looking to create other means by which they can succeed.Childhood friends and NYU students Jason Bieber and Daniel Pessar are doing just that. In the summer of 2010, Bieber, now a Stern senior, and Pessar, who is working toward his master's in real estate finance in the School of Continuing and Professional Studies, decided to create a student-run consulting club called Ofek to provide students with...